Twine-holder.



M. D. FLETCHER. TWINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4, 1913.

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MORRIS D. FLETCHER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TWINE-HOLDER.

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Application filed. August 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, MoRRIs D. FLETCHER,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Twine-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for gripping and holdingcord,

The device is also provided preferably with a twine-cutter.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive,convenient, and efficient device which is capable of holding twine insuch a manner as at all times to cause to be presented in readiness forin stant use the free end of the twine, and to permit said twine to bedrawn freely through the holder, the resilient gripping and releasingmeans operating automatically to prevent the twine from slipping orbeing drawn through the holder in the wrong direction, withoutinterfering in any way with the twine. when drawn through the holder inthe right direction.

A further object is to provide such a device or holder with convenientmeans for introducing the twine therein or for threading the same.

Still another object is to equip said holder with a suitable twinecutter, whereby the twine after being drawn through the holder in thedesired amount may be readily and conveniently severed.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a practical form ofmy invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a sideelevation of the holder, showing the cover-plate swung open, and, Fig.4:, a similar elevation to those shown in the two preceding views eX-cept that the cover plate is here omitted.

Similar figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The holder as herein illustrated comprises a bracket which is designedto be fastened by means of screws against a wall or under Specification01" Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914:.

Serial No. 782,809.

a counter in convenient relationship or adacency to a holder for a ballof twine, and such bracket consists of flanges 11, which are thescrew-receiving parts, and a receiver 2 on opposite sides of which atone end said flanges are located. The receiver 2 is provided with aspring 3, and has a cover plate fl-pivotally attached thereto at 5.Formed in the receiver 2 is a longitudinal passage or groove 6 for thetwine, a short length of which latter appears at 7 in the first threeviews. Leading from the groove 6 intermediate of its ends and forming anacute angle therewith is a passage or groove 8. The spring 3 is curvedor bent at one terminal, as shown at 9 in Fig. l, and said spring isreceived in the groove or recess 8, and is of such length and soarranged that its free terminal projects across the groove 6 and bearsagainst the wall thereof which is adjacent but opposite to the open endof said recess, or against the twine 7 when the same is present in saidgroove 6.

By constructing and arranging the holder and spring as above set forth,provision is made for retaining said spring in place through the mediumof its own resiliency, and said spring becomes a most efiicient mediumfor gripping the twine in such a way that it can be drawn through thegroove 6 in one direction only.

The plate 4: is designed to cover the grooves 6 and 8, when said plateis in its closed position, in which position the plate is retained bymeans of a stud 10 set therein and an indentation 11 in the adjacentface of the receiver 2. The plate 4 is provided with a twine cutter 12which is an extension from said plate in the form of a hook. The cutter12 extends from that portion of the plate a which is contiguous to thepivot When the plate 4: is closed one edge thereof contacts with orabuts one of the flanges 1 so that a rigid structure for cuttingpurposes is afforded, in view of the fact that the cutter 12 projectsbeyond the pivot 5 and has its cutting edge at the back or adjacent tosaid flange, it being observed that said pivot is located near whatwould be one corner and that an outer one of the device if the same werenot curved in its side profile.

In practice, the holder is threaded by opening the plate and introducingthe twine 7 into the groove 6, slipping said twine between the end ofthe spring 3 which is in said groove and the rear wall of the groove. Now it will be readily seen that the twine 7 can be drawn upwardlythrough the groove 6 without hindrance on the part of the spring 3,since the latter, owing to its inclination upwardly and rearwardlyyields for the passage of the twine, but that any tendency of the twineto drop down through said groove, or any attempt to draw the samedownward, must be instantly checked, owing to the firm grip which saidspring normally e-Xerts on the twine and which is greatly increased byforce applied to the twine below the spring.

It is customary to draw off whatever length of twine may be required fora given purpose and then to severthe same on the cutter 12, the plate 4being, of course, normally closed so as to present said cutter inoperative position.

Although I have shownthe holder in a vertical position, it is clear thatit can be used with equal facility when in a horizontal or any othersuitable position.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A twine-holder comprising a member having therein a groove thatextends therethrough, and a second groove that opens at one end into thefirst intermediate of the ends of the latter, and a spring in saidsecond groove and extending into said firstinentioned groove, saidspring being in acute-angular relation to the wall'of said Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for first-mentioned groove which is oppositeto that through which said second-mentioned groove opens.

2. The combination, in a twine-holder, with a receiver having atwine-groove therein, and also having therein a recess opening into saidgroove, of a spring receivable in said recess and projecting into saidgroove, said spring having a bent terminal portion adapted forcibly toengage the sides of said recess to retain said spring in place.

3. The combination, in a twine-holder,

with a receiver having a twine-groove therein,- and provided with aresilient member which projects into said groove, of a coverplateattached to said receiver over said groove, and provided with atwine-cutter.

.4. The combination, in a twine-holder, with a receiver having therein atwinegroove, and provided with a resilient member which projects intosaid groove, and a flange projecting from said receiver, of'a,

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